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Truck brokering maximizes the money made in freight hauling by allowing trucking companies to negotiate cargo hauling with other freight companies. Truck brokerage software makes this process easy. Any owner interested in expanding his or her business should learn a few things to start this lucrative addition to freight hauling.

So you get a call for a big loadgreat! The problem is, all of your trucks are already on the road with other loads. Thinking about all the revenue you could have gotten from that load? This is where truck brokering (or freight brokering) comes in. If you have a brokerage license from the FMCSA, you can sub that load out to another trucking company, and take a small commission. Typically, a trucking company can only negotiate their own freight, which gives them a two-part opportunity cost: the lost job itself, and the brokering fee they could have gathered for arranging alternate cargo delivery. So how do you get a brokerage license?

You dont have to take an exam or background check to receive your freight brokerage authority, and there is no age limit. First, youll need to obtain a proof of insurance of $10,000, in the form of either a surety bond (obtained through an insurance company), or a trust fund.

When you have this insurance, you can fill out and send the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrations OP-1 Application for Motor Property Carrier and Broker Authority, along with a $300 (non-refundable) application fee. You should also fill out the BOC-3 form, which designates your process agent, or legal representative.

After submitting your application, wait for the FMCSA to issue you an MC, or motor carrier number. This number will allow you to start brokering loads. Its especially easy to add a brokerage authority to your company if you already have a trucking authority.

TruckingOffice has recently released a new version of our software that caters specifically to truck brokerages. Eliminating some of the unnecessary functions, likemaintenancerecords (since brokers are not in possession of a brokered load at any time), this truck brokerage software is streamlined to help you focus on the important parts. It will help you to keep your brokerage and regular trucking loads separated, especially in terms of financial records. This tool is geared towards organizing histories, both of loads and of customers, to allow you to access past information quickly. Same core product, different featuresso it does exactly what you need it to.

Using truck brokering to increase revenue is just smart business. Our user-friendly truck brokerage software helps you to grow your business in an organized fashion.

Sharing more than 20 years of experience in the trucking industry as a driver, owner/operator, broker, and small fleet manager. He is the real trucker at TruckingOffice, anonline softwarethat makes it as easy to run the business as it is to run the trucks. It handles dispatching, invoicing, IFTA reporting, and all the other things that get in the way of trucking.

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